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Recipe · About 39 g

The protein bowl

Lunch and dinner are easier. Mine is usually this: chicken or lean ground beef over rice or potatoes, with whatever vegetables are around.

Serves 1Protein 5 oz chicken is about 39 g on its own

What you need

  • 5 oz cooked chicken breast, or 5 oz lean ground beef
  • Rice or potatoes, about a cup
  • Vegetables, whatever is around
  • Salt, pepper, a sauce you like

How I make it

  1. Cook the protein first, or use what you batch-cooked on Sunday.
  2. Build the bowl around it. Starch, vegetables, sauce.
  3. Eat the protein first. If you stop halfway, you stopped after the part that mattered.

Grams are estimates from standard labels. Your brands will differ a little. Protein first on the plate.

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